Refers to the design of printed or digital characters; used in typography and design.
This typeface is easy to read, isn't it?
Let's use a bold font for the poster.
handwriting style; calligraphic style
Describes the style of handwritten characters, including calligraphic traditions like kaisho, gyosho, and sosho.
His handwriting style is very distinctive.
In calligraphy, you learn various calligraphic styles.
It's hard to choose a typeface that fits the design.
I tried changing the font for the headline.
A typeface called Mincho is often used in newspapers and the like.
He wrote the letter in the running (gyosho) calligraphic style.
字体 focuses on the shape of individual characters (e.g. variant forms), while 書体 refers to an overall design style used across a whole set of characters.
活字 refers to printed type or printed characters themselves, while 書体 refers to the design style that the type follows.
書体 names a whole font or calligraphic style (e.g. 楷書, ゴシック), whereas 字形 focuses on the particular shape a single character takes.
書体 refers to a style or font of script shared by many writers, while 筆跡 refers to the unique, individual handwriting of one particular person.
文体 refers to the style of writing (diction, sentence structure), while 書体 refers to the visual style of the characters themselves, like a font or calligraphy style.
Compound of 書 (writing) and 体 (form, style). The term has been used historically to refer to calligraphic styles and later extended to typography.